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BROWNSVILLE (KDKA) — A small plane made a flawless emergency landing in the southbound lanes of a busy Washington County highway this morning.

The pilot made a clean landing on the Mon-Fayette Expressway with no injuries to himself, his passenger or anyone on the road.

“I just put it down like we were on the runway, and pulled off,” said Brian Nicholson, the pilot.

Nicholson was calm this afternoon, but earlier in the day he and passenger John Armel had some tense moments in the sky. They were flying in a 1946 Stinson when about 10 minutes into their flight from Rostraver to Waynesburg, they realized they had a problem.

“There was a vibration. The engine, it was shaking. The engine was vibrating. We knew something was out of balance,” said Armel.

The problem was a small chunk that had broken off of the propeller, but the two experienced pilots didn’t panic. They radioed emergency dispatch and found a place to land on Route 43 in Washington County.

“I was nervous,” said Nicholson. “I knew I had no power, so every move I had to make was going to be the only move I was going to make, so they had to be right the first time.”